Wow, a hectic day at school today.
The Queen was due to arrive at the school opposite ours at 11 O'clock. So from about 9.30 or 10.00 onwards we had armed policemen swarming about the place, closing the roads, searching all the bins, salt bins, mail boxes, even the flower pots in our school, for bombs or other dangerous devices. We weren't allowed to leave the school from the front entrance, because it is directly opposite where the Queen would be, and there were evern snipers in the buildings around the school! There were also MI5 agents or undercover policemen, looking shifty in large trenchcoats, milling about the place. Rather exciting.
There were barriers erected on our side of the street, where people could watch from, luckily I had a free period and our school has a fence with a large step/wall on our side, so we were all standing there with a brilliant view. The Queen arrived fashionably late (of course) at 11.10ish she got out the Bentley, and gave us on the other side of the street a Royal wave, then proceeded into the school and talked with the assembled people.
And that was my Royal encounter, not much, but I've never seeb the Queen, or in fact any Royal before, so it was rather exciting actually.
